8 pm Drake Hotel’s 10th Birthday Party @ The Drake Lounge, 1150 Queen St. W. Wear your party best and be prepared for a birthday cake unlike any other as the Drake celebrates ten years at Queen and Beaconsfield. With performances by Justin Peroff (DJ set), Ice Cream, Light Fires, The Cruelty Party, and headliners Hooded Fang. $10.

10 pm Dre Day @ Tattoo, 567 Queen St. W. Toronto’s 3rd Annual Dre Day – a party expanding worldwide since its beginnings in Minneapolis many years ago. DJs Yella, itsmattlangille, Kaewonder, and special guests celebrate the birthday and musical genius of Andre Young a.k.a. Dr. Dre by playing bangers and obscurities from his extensive catalog. $4.50 Gin & Juice special all night long. $15 advance tickets available at Rotate This, Soundscapes, Play De Record, and online.

10 pm #ThrowbackThursdays Launch Party @ Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. W. Clinton’s has a new baby! And the bottle upon which it suckles is filled with bombastic hits to drive you straight mental. Every Thursday, come get a taste of tunes from: J-Lo, DMX, Spice Girls, Will Smith, Aqua, Ludacris, Backstreet Boys, Snoop Dogg, S Club 7, Jay-Z, Hanson, Ace of Base, Savage Garden, Britney Spears, Destiny’s Child and many more. $5.

10 pm Twisted Thursdays @ Crawford, 718 College St. Hip-hop, RnB, reggae, trap, and old school with DJ Law. $5.

10 pm Different Class @ The Dance Cave (above Lee’s Palace), 529 Bloor St. W. A brand new dance party specializing in dance, rock, new wave, and Britpop. $3.

10 pm No Need to Argue: All 90s Karaoke @ Unlovable, 1415-B Dundas St. W. Campus radio hits, CFNY radio hits, Electric Circus hits, and all the rest.

FRIDAY

9 pm No Pants Society Presents: Beach Party @ The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W. For one night only, the Gladstone Ballroom is becoming a sunroom. Babes. Booze. Burlesque. Frankie and Annette. Polka dot bikinis. Summertime and the livin’ is easy. Let’s drink Tikis and shimmy. $15 for VIP burlesque show + dance party (front row seats and summertime treats; show starts at 9:30 pm), $10 for burlesque show + dance party, $5 for dance party (starts at 11 pm).

9 pm Loving In The Name Of @ Adelaide Hall, 250 Adelaide St. W. A dance party and live set in celebration of the greatest hits of all time! The Best recreates classic songs from David Bowie, Amerie, Prince, Kanye West, R. Kelly, Jennifer Rush, The Cure, Cutting Crew, Led Zeppelin, and more. DJ Scott Cudmore spins the hits all night long. $10.

10 pm Moves @ Andy Poolhall, 489 College St. Non-stop dance music all night with DJs Barbi (Phelyns Of Vedici), Caff (Ignition), and Efsharp (Evolved Entertainment). Get on the dance floor and show them your moves! $5 before midnight, $10 after.

10 pm Girl & Boy 90s Dance Party @ Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. W. A pulsating dance party rocking the retro sounds of the 1990s! All your favourite dance, pop, hip-hop, R&B, and so on and so on and so on. $5.

10 pm Shadows of Motown @ The Boat, 158 Augusta Ave. Shadows of Motown is a dance party that plays the biggest and best Motown, doo wop, booty shakin’ hits! With pals Well Said, Slater, and Ty. $5.

10 pm Hip-Hop Karaoke: Round #85 @ Revival, 783 College St. Sign up for your favourite rap tracks and show off your skills! Hosted by Abdominal and More Or Les with DJs Numeric and Ted Dancin’. $10 before 11 pm, $15 after.

10 pm Fly By Night @ Crawford, 718 College St. World DMC Champion DJ Dopey and special guest DJ Serious spin the best in hip-hop, R&B, and party hits. Sponsored by Nixon watches, so come early and walk away at the end of the night with some free Nixon swag! $5 before 10:30 pm, more after.

10 pm In The Field @ Weldon Park, 569 College St. Wild For The Night and Weldon Park present: In The Field 001. Rnb, hip-hop, trap, house, and top 40 selections by Silky, Chunk, and Colin Clark. Free before 11 pm, $5 after.

10 pm Van She DJ Set @ Wrongbar, 1279 Queen St. W. DJ set by Australian electropop band Van She with support from Natural Animal and Kings of the North. $12.50 advance tickets available online. For guestlist requests, email guestlist@wrongbar.com.

10 pm Ice Cold Dranks / Back In The Day @ Crawford, 718 College St. Upstairs, Family Business presents an evening of rap bangers, old school classics, and a whole lotta twerk music. Downstairs, DJ Law replicates your high school video dance party. $5 before 11 pm, $10 after.

10 pm Crush Grease Lightning @ Club 120, 120 Church St. Guys and dolls! Get ready to cream for Crush Lightning… ’50s attire suggested, not mandatory. Featuring The Yes Men + private booths to get hot and heavy in (consensually). #CrushTO is a flirty event series for hot, nerdy people who want to make sex-positive like-minded friends. An invitation for any and all: hetero, homo, queer, trans, kinky, lesbian, gay, vanilla, bi, flexible, poly, and open minded young people (or young at heart). $10.

11 pm Itzsoweezee @ The Drake Underground, 1150 Queen St. W. A feel-good house party atmosphere! DJs Techtwelve, DeMiggs, and ΛV play music to make you dance, smile, and holler. For $5 reduced guestlist and line bypass, email guestlist@itzsoweezee.com (closes at midnight). $10.

12 pm February Clothing Swap @ Arts Market, 846 College St. Show up with vintage clothes and accessories you no longer want, and leave with a great new haul! You’ll get a ticket for each clean, good quality vintage item you bring (max. 30 tickets). Each ticket can then be redeemed for a new swap find. There will also be snacks, DIY tips, and on-sitealterations. All leftover clothing will be donated to charity. Until4 pm. $5.

7:30 pm Bad Movie Night Toronto presents Gymkata @ Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. W. Bad Movie Night is back with a pseudo-topical movie (you know, with the Olympics and all) that failed horribly at turning an Olympian into a world-famous movie star! Here’s their description: “GYMKATA (1985) stars Olympian Kurt Thomas as a world-class athlete enlisted by the U.S. government to go on a one man mission of American glory to the exotic (albeit backwater) country of Parmistan. Sure, the government could give the assignment to someone more ‘appropriate’ – like a CIA operative or marine – but in a life-threatening situation, would either of those individuals know how to perform flairs on a pommel horse or choreograph an exciting floor routine? No! And that’s why they’d be useless! Based on a novel that has absolutely nothing to do with gymnastics whatsoever, GYMKATA will get your adrenaline flowing and your American patriotism riled up to levels unseen since the end of the Cold War.”